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Piano music by Ravel and Rachmaninoff, American song recital

Valses nobles et sentimentales by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
I. Modéré –très franc
II. Assez lent – anec une expression intense
III. Modéré
IV. Assez animé
V. Presque lent – dans un sentiment intime
VI. Vif
VII. Moins vif
VIII. Ėpilogue: lent

Prelude in g minor, Op. 33, No. 8 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5
Prelude in C minor, Op. 23, No. 7

Joyce Gibb, piano

Where the music comes from by Lee Hoiby (1926-2011)
“Heavenly Grass” from Blue Mountain Ballads by Paul Bowles (1910-1999)
“Cabin” from Blue Mountain Ballads by Paul Bowles (1910-1999)

“The daisies” from Three Songs, Op. 2 by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
“Sure on this shining night” from Four Songs for Voice and piano, Op. 13
Music when soft voices die

“Shenandoah” Traditional folksong arr. by Jay Althouse (1951-)
“Poor wayfairing stranger” Traditional spiritual arr. by Jay Althouse
“Deep River” Traditional spiritual arr. by Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

“But not for me” from Girl Crazy by George Gershwin (1898-1937)
“Falling out of love can be fun” from Miss Liberty by Irving Berlin (1888-1989)

Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano
Maria Khavin, piano

Art of the Piano

LMC’s annual event will bring a host of stellar “party” pieces played by our talented member pianists and an informative mini-lecture by LMC’s Trustee of Public Concerts, Regina Thomas discussing the connections between the visual and performing arts.

“Song of the Indian Guest” from Sadko, (transcribed for solo piano) by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Preludes Op. 11 by Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)
No. 1 in C Major (Ondeggiante Carezzando)
No. 2 in a minor (Allegretto)
No. 4 in e minor (Lento)
Etude in C sharp minor (Andante), Op. 2, No. 1 (1887) by Scriabin

Karin McCullough, piano

Meditation for the Left Hand Alone – Leopold Godowsky (1870 – 1938)
Prelude in B minor, Op 32. No. 10 – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)

Stephanie Shadbolt, piano

Histoires by Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)

  1. La meneuse de tortues d’or (The Girl Leading the Golden Turtles)
  2. Le petit âne blanc (The Little White Donkey)
  3. A Giddy Girl
  4. La cage de cristal ( The Crystal Cage)
  5. Le cortège de Balkis (The Procession of the Balkis)

Nicole Truesdell and Karin McCullough, piano

Prélude from Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
“Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum” (Doctor “Steps to Parnassus”) from the Children’s Corner by Claude Debussy
La Fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) by Claude Debussy

Annie Center, piano

Song recital for mezzo-soprano, Swiss, Russian and German music for cello and piano

Song recital for mezzo-soprano 

Aufenthalt (Dwelling) by Franz Schubert
“Ombra mai fu di vegetabile” (Never was the shade of any plant) from Serse by GF Handel

Korean mezzo-soprano YeonSoo Lee made her LMC debut in February 2018 and can be seen regularly performing as a member of the Seattle Opera chorus.

Vaga Luna, che inargenti (Beautiful moon, dappled with silver) by Vincenzo Bellini
O mio Fernando from La Favorita by Gaetano Donizetti

 

그리운 금강산 (Pining for Mt. GeumGan) by Choi, Yeongseop
(Mt. GeumGang is the most beautiful mountain in North Korea, located at right next of Military Demarcation Line, MDL with South Korea. It is the reason why Mt. Geumgang is so missed in this song.)
산 촌 (The Village in the Mountain) Cho, DooNam (1912-1984)

YeonSoo Lee, mezzo-soprano and Glenda Williams (guest artist), piano

Music for cello and piano

Suite Italienne by Igor Stravinsky, Movement I, Introduzione
12 Variations on a theme from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” by Ludwig van Beethoven

Annie Center has performed as piano soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and San Francisco Conservatory.

Prayer by Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Sonata by Dimitri Shostakovich(1906-1975)
II. Allegro

Erika Pierson, cello and Annie Chang-Center, piano

 

Lieder by Hugo Wolf and Robert Schumann

Lieder by Hugo Wolf

Das Verlassene Mägdlein  (The abandoned maid)
Verborgenheit (Seclusion)
Verschwiegene Liebe (Silent love)
Er ist’s (It is he)

Lieder by Robert Schumann

Er ist’s (It is he)
Schneeglöckchen (Snowflake)
Mondnacht (Moonlight night) from Liederkreis, Op. 39
Mein schöner Stern, ich bitte dich (My beautiful star, I pray to you)
Rose, Meer und Sonne (Rose, Sea and Sun)

Lin Chen, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Songs for soprano, music for piano 4 hands

Michael Head (1900-1976)

Sweet Chance, That Let My Steps Abroad
Holiday in Heaven
The Singer
Dear Delight

Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899)

Sérénade Italienne (Italian Serenade)
Les Temps des Lilas (The time of lilacs)
Le Colibri (The hummingbird)

American Composers

Flames by Tom Cipullo (b. 1956)
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park by Tom Lehrer (b. 1928)
Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun by Tom Cipullo
in the House

Tiina Ritalahti, soprano
Lucy Wenger, piano

Music for piano 4 hands

“Pas de deux” from Souvenirs Ballet Suite, Opus 28, No. 3 by Samuel Barber
Petite Suite by Claude Debussy
-En bateau (Boating)
-Cortège
-Menuet
Selections from Dolly, Opus 56, by Gabriel Faure’
1. Berceuse
2. Mi-a-ou
4. Kitty-Valse
6. Pas Espagnol

Karin McCullough and Lucy Wenger, four hands piano